Credit Valley Hospital to bring preventive medicine information to the community

The Credit Valley Hospital has partnered with RxTV and SHARP Electronics of Canada Ltd to bring preventive medicine information to the community, its patients and their families in high-impact High Definition.

Monday, May 12, 2008

MISSISSAUGA, ON:

Exposing patients and families to reliable health and wellness information is a focus of Credit Valley’s new and improved internal television station known as Credit Valley Current. A new partnership between SHARP and Credit Valley is showcasing digital signage in high definition (HD) format featured on SHARP’s 36 – 54” HDTV screens strategically located throughout the hospital.

The Credit Valley Hospital has launched a High Definition (HD) multi-zoned digital information program. The initiative is made possible through a unique partnership between Credit Valley, SHARP Electronics of Canada Ltd and RxTV.

A new digital signage software created exclusively by SHARP is being piloted in a hospital setting at Credit Valley.

The hospital produces a wide-range of award-winning health and wellness videos.

Physicians and clinicians also provide preventive medical tips for patients, visitors and staff.

The multi-zoned areas provide current weather, news, sports and traffic in addition to current hospital event schedules. The software allows the flexibility to tailor specific programming to the patients in that area (such as emergency and oncology). The hospital presently has seven different programs showing concurrently.

Patients waiting in emergency receive a warm video welcome from chief of emergency, Dr. Eric Letovsky and learn about the triage process from nurse manager Janet Cadigan. Others waiting in diagnostic imaging or for blood work can watch useful tips about avoiding falls, proper lifting technique, how to avoid diabetes and the importance of keeping tabs on your blood pressure.

Credit Valley Current will be an integral part of the hospital’s new expansion project.

The programming will include regular construction site “walkabouts”, progress reports, web cam screen captures as well as important messaging to support the Hospital Foundation’s $45 million fundraising campaign for the phase two construction project.